Zakharchenko’s funeral became an interesting show of public support for the Donetsk separatists./ Denis Pushilin never openly criticized him, not even after he was ousted as leader of the ruling “Donetsk Republic” movement in October (see Newsletter 24). And Alexander Khodakovsky,(
9/4 Kazakov stressed that Zakharchenko had decided spontaneously to visit the café, which is located close to his office. He added that stops in restaurants were a habit of Zakharchenko that became “a headache” for his bodyguards./These circumstances led most observers to conclude that(